It's time to start exploring different pumpkin head variants!
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Alec Hillman
2yr
@Scott Flanders I am having troubles developing my creatures. I have a picture in my mind and I just can't seem to get my hand to follow the picture. Makes me feel like I am drawing like I just picked up a pencil for the first time. I understand the premise of breaking up images into shapes but when I do it I end up making the image still too smooth. How can I develop my skills to make much more clear pictures? My concept I am going for are bestial beings. Would you recommend I hold off on that idea and maybe practice something else?
D S
3yr
Pumpkin patch makes me think about eye patch, pirates, dead pirates with seaweed and octopus spiderweb…
Ted Kalamov
3yr
Hey Scott, I have a question!
When ideating, is it a good idea to research and observe reference beforehand? I am asking as my visual library and knowledge is relatively poor, but I don't want to feel restrained during the ideation phase because I have references at hand.
Thanks! Ted
Orion Dyson-Smith
3yr
love hearing your thought process. thanks!
Andre Camargo
3yr
Oh man, that is so unfair. I thought I had something cool going with a Pumpkin DnD kinda group, with characters and classes - and now you bring up Barbarian, Sorcerer, etc! :) You cover quite some ground here.
But I still have some ideas and variations of this "direction" I want to try!
Here a question Scott, you mentioned that you do not allow anything to remain on the board which annoys you or that you are not really satisfied with.
Why is that? Could you not just do another, better version next to it? Is there a downside to have low quality ideas or badly executed sketches on the board?
I have so much stuff in my sketchbooks that people would assume to be from a 5year old (not that I wanna bash 5yo's!), and it took me some time to be loose and less critical so I dont freeze up with the pen in my hand.
I remember from one of the Draftsmen Podcasts (Developing an Illustration) - Stan mentioned, that he puts down his idea to see if it still holds. If not, he tries something else, or another version.
Ezra Meador
3yr
Hey Scott,
I got a question. You mentioned "Kitbashing" late in the video, I'm unfamiliar with the term, what exactly is Kitbashing and what are the pros and cons of implementing it into one's own art?
-Ezra M.
Adrian Potato
3yr
This definitely gave me some ideas about what I can do to keep the ideas coming.
Love it!
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Chief Creative Officer at Little Bang Inc.
I'm especially passionate about character design, creature design, and sculpting.